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Excelty, pronounced XLT, is a plus size thrift store that opened in February of this year. Located at 1110 S. Water St. in Kent, the store carries both mens and women’s clothing from sizes XL to 7X.  Lisa Wojnowicz opened Excelty because she and her husband had difficulty finding affordable clothing in their sizes for years. She explained having to drive long distances and pay a small fortune to find clothes that worked for them. The average size for women…

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Generation Z’s are those who were born between 1997 and 2012 and are sometimes known as the “iGeneration” or “digital natives” according to the Library of Congress. This generation has not only grown up with the development of technology in general, but specifically the rise and advancement of social media. Social media has technically been around for a while; however, it is incontestable that it was ahead of its time in the beginning stages of it. But, in 2004, MySpace…

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It’s eight o’ clock in the morning at DI Hub’s Design Innovation Dining Hall. Culinary Services members inspect the area and work to get food ready for the dozens of students up early or preparing for a long day of classes. “Everything is going good.” says Ankur Chaudhari, one of the staff members. He’s a food safety manager at the DI Dining hall. “For this job, I’m mostly doing the post-production sheets and the feeding menus in the Amex systems….

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As living expenses and tuition costs continue to rise, a large number of college students are now facing a “new” challenge: food insecurity. This issue was once primarily associated with low-income families, but now, hunger on college campuses is a growing problem, affecting students across the country. Food insecurity is defined as not having consistent access to sufficient food, or food of adequate quality, to meet someone’s needs. According to Feeding America, 47 million people in the United States face…

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An often very misunderstood art movement among the public is modern art. When it comes to topics of discourse, people tend to point fingers at the banana taped to the wall or Duchamps Fountain to generalize it being some of the worst of the worst from the art scene. Oftentimes, it could be said that people struggle to relate to the works.  Some such arguments people use to criticize the movement is that it is “simple,” or that “a child…

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Stress. This is something that most, if not everyone has either heard of or experienced. The Cleveland Clinic defines stress as, “the natural reaction your body has when changes or challenges occur.” One group that has been proven to experience stress highly, though, is college students. Tests, quizzes, extracurricular activities and classes are all something that may seem easy, however, this is quite the opposite. According to a 2024 article by Research.com, 45% of college students in the United States…

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On November 5th, Americans voted in Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States. But in an election that was seemingly a coin toss, how did the night play out seemingly so one-sided?